Mmmm - no - I don't get any of those. Maybe I'm having a bad day.
Now that one I do get. Kind of. And I can imagine laughing at DC jokes in the weeks / months to come. Although still I don't really see why it's funny that he died like this (for instance, I can laugh at some of the various Challenger jokes that used to proliferate, eg the fact that NASA stands for 'Need Another Seven Astronauts' - but I still don't think it's funny that it blew up, if you see the distinction.)
You probably think I'm being a bit bullish here, but this is something that's always puzzled me. I remember as a kid, a French family that I was staying with had just seen a news report on a guy who'd succumbed to depression, jumped off Notre Damme, and landed on (and killed) a tourist. They thought this was the Funniest Thing Ever - and tried to convince me this was the case. I never got that one either....
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